tongue depressor
noun
US
: a thin piece of wood that is rounded at both ends and that a doctor uses to press down on a patient's tongue when looking in the patient's throat
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If scraped off using a tongue depressor, the underlying skin on the tongue will be red and inflamed.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
There's truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
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Corn Dogs
Like the Coca-Cola cake, there's some discussion as to whether the corn dog originated in the South.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
Additional tools include tweezers, a tongue depressor (which also doubles as a finger splint), thermal blanket, cold pack, and tweezers.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
There's truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.
07
Corn Dogs
Like the Coca-Cola cake, there's some discussion as to whether the corn dog originated in the South.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2023
Additional tools include tweezers, a tongue depressor (which also doubles as a finger splint), thermal blanket, cold pack, and tweezers.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Tongue depressor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tongue%20depressor. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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